"Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it." -Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Sequel to From the Ashes - A couple of months have passed since Allie came to camp with Roman, and after she lifted him from the shadows of his past. Their relationship now in full blossom, the remaining days of summer still hold many trials for the two of them.